Kentucky Ranks High for Incarcerating Kids

Children were put into Kentucky jails more than 1,330 times last year for running away, skipping school, buying tobacco products and other offenses. Kentucky has one of the highest rates in the nation of incarcerating kids for status offenses – actions that are crimes for children but not for adults. It’s a situation that harms children, negatively affects communities and costs taxpayers, according to a new study by Kentucky Youth Advocates.